Words that come from Ancient Greek γίγας

57 words across 15 languages descend from Ancient Greek γίγας — including giant, giantess, supergiant, gigantesque, giantism, subgiant, giantlike, gianthood.

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English (23)

Italian (10)

Spanish (4)

French (3)

Latin (2)

Esperanto (2)

German (2)

Old French (2)

Portuguese (2)

Middle English (2)

Hungarian (1)

Middle French (1)

Catalan (1)

Ido (1)

Pijin (1)